Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated today that attempts to further attack Serbian institutions are behind the students' raid on Matica Srpska, which the state will strongly oppose.

Protesters have blocked traffic daily across Serbia to protest the deaths of 15 people killed when a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station in November. View on euronews

"We have to talk to those children and they have to go to school. As for the students, despite everything, I invite them to a dialogue and to tell us what is not fulfilled. Come and tell us. Tell us publicly what exact request is not fulfilled", called the president.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, stated that there would be no elections in March but announced plans for a significant government reshuffle. He also mentioned that a fierce fight against corruption would take place by then.

We haven’t raised a baton against anyone, and we will only apply measures of state coercion if we must and are forced to do so,” said Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, commenting on protests and student blockades.

The demonstration, one of the biggest in years, is part of wider protests that have taken place across the country after a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station last November, killing 15 people.

Protesters allege corruption, nepotism, and substandard construction led to the tragedy in Novi Sad, where a concrete awning of the station roof caved in and killed 15 in November 2024

The complainants claim that Vučić previously encouraged motorists to drive through crowds of protesting students.

On the public stage at home, Vučić plays the staunchest defender of the Serbian nation. In Brussels and Washington, he slips into the role of sober statesman.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to discuss European Union integration. Zelensky shared the d

A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman during daily student-led protests and traffic blockades that have been held throughout Serbia following the collapse in November of a concrete canopy in the country’s north that killed 15 people.

Serbia’s populist government ... Striking students have called for a general strike on Friday while President Aleksandar Vučić has scheduled a huge rally to counter the protests on Friday ...